Stories of Successful Entrepreneurs

Stories of Successful Entrepreneurs - 2
Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal 

Initial Investment- Rs. 20,000

Born on June 15, 1950, in Ludhiana, Punjab, Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal graduated from Punjab University with a degree in Bachelor of Arts and Science. His father Mr. Sam Paul Mittal was a Member of Parliament but he didn't want to follow his father’s footsteps and wanted to do something on his own.

Due to his inclination towards business, he teams up with his friends to form a bicycle business. After this, he moved to Mumbai to start a full-fledged business of selling generators imported from Japan. Here Mittal learnt the basics of marketing and advertising. After a ban on import of generators Mittal clinched a deal with the French Telecom Group Vivendi for the Delhi Cellular Circle. He introduced electronic push button phones in India in1982. The year 1986 witnessed the launch of Bharti Telecom Limited (BTL) and the brand “Airtel” and as is said the rest is history.

After this there was no turning back for Mittal and within a few year Bharti became the first telecom company to cross the 2-million mobile subscriber mark.